Another thing to mention is that USBUIRT has its own code base, so bugs could bedifferent between a USBUIRT and some other IR transceiver. Though, of course, they also have some shared code. Do you have a USBUIRT available to compare to?

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Yes I have a USBUirt on the hybrid which workd just fine for changing channels etc.. The only issue I have there is the MCE remote on the USBUirt will not control my volume on the Denon AVR-988 (rs232) rcvr. But the gyration remote controls it fine from Ambience controls. As in my other post this causes a problem only when I am watching something from another source IE VCR, DVD player etc where LMCE has to switch an input on the TV. Thus when I hit the ambience buttons to control volume it needs to switch back to the LMCE video input to control the volume and then when I am done adjusting the voleum it switches back to what I was watching, this takes about 1 minute to complete give or take, it would be nice to just have the MCE work properly.

Colin - I am not sure I have applied the transmit fix on the core for the USBUirt device and it works. I did not know or realize that it needed to be done on a MCEusb_2 device as well per Media Director. Is this in fact the case.

Dave

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Here is some data logging from the core.hybrid with the USBUirt attached. Note all those mute commands were actually a couple of Volume Up or Down commands from the MCE remote in that room. The Avr and Aquos are GSD devices.

rodercot

I have dwnlded the required files as per your threads. I am using my windows machine. I placed them in a folder php in the LMCE home directory. Can you give me the command to copy this to the right directories on the core from a command line please. I think my brain is in overload right now and cannot remember it at all. so cd/home/php/. Is this what I should be doing.

rodercot

Did you have any luck on your testing? I tried the FTDI fix on the MD for the heck of it and no difference. I know it is for the usbuirt but what the hey!!! It is easy to rebuild the MD. I also just applied the fixes regarding delays etc from the link Jon supplied and no difference at all. I thought this may help the volume problem in the living room on the core but no luck either. It is so frustrating to watch the device send a code from the UI - advanced - Ir codes, but yet the device will not function under normal use. I see the differences of course in the code but still it is Frustrating.

Does lirc in LMCE not use the LIRC conventions. IE hardware.conf etc... I also notice there is a new mceusb2 updated driver for the newer Vista remote.

rodercot

Am I the only having issues on an MD with this... I have reviewed the Lirc Site and barring updating the lirc files .8.3 or updating the driver I am lost. In everything I see on lirc they say a proper lircd.conf is important and I look at my three lircd files one from the core and two from the Md's and they all look like the one I have posted. It looks like we have lirc_mceusb2 ver 1.29 installed and the current is 1.47.

I found a couple more things to check on the system which would make me believe all is setup right hardware wise. So I am assuming it is routing issue of the commands through DCE and or a config file elsewhere, anyhow I am lost at this point, but with owning three of these and a UsbUirt I really am not that prepared to spend another 80$ to get another USBUirt for this system. The MceUsb2 is supposed to work in 710Rc2.

rodercot

Here is a copy of the Lirc_DCE log from the MD. I have tried everything I can think of to fix this. I even tried re-compiling Lirc on the MD with the latest mce_usb2 driver. I rebuilt the MD completely from scratch. Deleting the original image and starting a new.

Something I noted not sure if it matters but if you look at the Device Template for the USBUirt - It is controlled via USbUirt 0038 Infrared Devices and then if you look at the Lirc Embedded Transport device template is controlled via Category Lirc Drivers.

In webadmin - wizard - devices - A/V devices I notice a 0 or 35 in the FK capture card port for most devices - what setting is this.

rodercot

Can you tell me how the device is controlled (via device or via category)

If you click on edit after controlled via Lirc Drivers - Is route to parent and create child devices automatically - are they check or unchecked.

What is listed as your comm method. ARe any of your device commands that are added currently have the box checked.

I ordered another USBuirt yesterday @$@%@%@$R% another 60+$ by the time it gets in my hands. I cannot believe that no-one else is using one of these to transmit and not having problems with it. Thanks colin, seth an Jon AS USUAL. This is just BS. IS the Device supported Or NOT. I have three of this now collecting dust in a corner - BALLS. It works in every version of linux with all 1.30 mce_USB2 driver and newer, why not with LMCE.

I was also having this problem and there is a post of mine floating around. I then got myself a USBUIRT and had the same problem as you described originally.So basically with the MCE and the USBUIRT i get this problem, however both my test boxes needed to be used rather urgently for something else so I have had time to look into this. Once work decides to pay me I will be going down and buying some more kit so I can start playing again.

Cheers.

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Well Upon deleting that MD completely and rebuilding it, I cannot even get Lirc embedded transmit to send a command to the device from Webadmin and have it work. It would really help if someone would compare their Lirc Device Template with mine, As I did try changing a couple things in there but had wrote all the settings down before I changed em.